Even good old fashioned walking allows Tchia to get deeper into nature and discover smaller landmarks. She has a whole host of exploration methods at her disposal and all are really enjoyable to play with soul jumping into birds to soar over the islands, or navigating the seas on her boat. Tchia can slide quickly down steep terrains, using the momentum to get a high jump to then use her parachute and glide. The game relies heavily on real-life physics for a lot of its mechanics. Tchia really encourages the player to think creatively to solve problems, so there feels like there's often more than one way to approach objectives. There's a rock-balancing game which unlocks different 'Soul Melodies' that Tchia can play on her ukulele - tunes which all give different effects, from changing the time of day to invoking crabs or birds to soul jump into. Sculpting totems means Tchia is able to unlock totem shrine doors, provided she sculpts the exact same face as on the door. Some of the abilities you unlock aren't quite so unusual, but all have some bearing to progression in the game. You can soul jump into explosive items to defeat enemies, or simply get into hard-to-reach places by jumping into a rock and rolling through a gap. This is a really fun element, and can create a lot of chaos, but is also really useful for exploration throughout the world. She's able to transfer her own soul into any animal or object and control them. Tchia unlocks many abilities along her journey, the most fantastical of which is soul jumping. Eventually, she learns that the evil ruler Meavora has him, and she journeys to meet with him to save her father, and ultimately her homeland. Our titular protagonist, Tchia, witnesses her father being kidnapped the day after her 12th birthday. From members of the dev team, to the voice actors and the soundtrack composers, this game is as authentically New Caledonian as it's possible to be. It feels really genuine as a snapshot of the culture its story is heavily rooted in the territory's folklore, and some of the cast and crew are also New Caledonian natives. Though the game itself is set on a fantastical archipelago, it draws deeply from its real-life counterpart in terms of environment and story. Developer Awaceb created Tchia as a love letter to its native home of New Caledonia.
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